INTERNATIONAL GEOTHERMAL DAYS Slovakia 2009
INTERNATIONAL GEOTHERMAL DAYS Slovakia 2009
Geotheraml Conference and Summer School under the Auspices of the Minister of Environment of the Slovak Republic and the Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic to be held on 26th to 29th May 2009 in
Častá Papiernič ka—Slovakia
The idea of the conference is to discuss the situation with respect to the energy and
particularly renewable energy issues in the Visegrad Countries, Western and Central/East European countries. From the EC Member States and pre-accession countries, a limited number of experts will be invited as observers.
The motto of the event is “National Development of Geothermal Energy Use”. During the SLOVAKIA 2009 – International Geothermal Days, several themes will be introduced and discussed. These are:
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- Geothermal District Heating Projects: Technical and Economic Feasibility for Organization in Central European conditions;
- Geothermal Electricity Production: Possibilities, Technical and Economic Feasibility in
Central European Region;
- Geothermal Legislation: Organizing Good Legal and Economic Support for Geothermal
Energy Development in Central European Region;
- Organization of a Successful Development of Geothermal Project;
- Co-generation Geothermal Projects in Combination with other RES or Fossil Fuels;
- Possibilities for Wider Introduction of Agricultural and Industrial Uses of Geothermal
Energy in Central European Countries;
- Geothermal Energy Use in Spa and Balneology Centres in Central European Region;
etc.etc.
In addition, an International Course on ORGANIZATION OF SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTHERMAL PROJECT shall be organized with the aim to enable
orientation for the full process of geothermal projects development, needed for definition of necessary legal, financial and organizational support and composition of successful development strategies.
You are kindly invited to participate and to give your valuable contribution for the
successful realization of the International Geothermal Days SLOVAKIA 2009, together
with the most renown international and Slovakian experts.
Dr. Otto Halas
President of the International
Organizing Committee
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Monday, May 25, 2009
16:00 – 19:00 Registration
Tuesday. May 26, 2009
08:30 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
Session 1 - GEOTHERMALL ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION: POSSIBILITIES, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Ruggero Bertani, ENEL, Italy (TBC)
11:00 – 11.30 Geothermal Electricity Production in Europe – Ruggero Bertani
11:30 – 11:45 Kizildere – New Geothermal Power Plant in Turkey, Tefvik Kaya,
ZORLU, Ankara, Turkey
11:45 – 12:00 Russian Experience with Geothermal Power Production, Konstantin
Povarov, RUGA, Moscow, Russia (TBC)
12:00 – 12:15 Questions and Discussion
12:15 – 13::30 Lunch Break
Session 2 - GEOTHERMAL DISTRICT HEATING PROJECTS: TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY FOR ORGANIZATION IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN
CONDITIONS
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Pierre Ungemach, GPS, France
13:30 – 14:00 Geothermal District Heating Systems in Paris and Europe,
Pierre Ungemach, GPS, France
14:00 – 14:15 New Projects of Geothermal Energy Utilization in District Heating
Systems in Slovakia, Oto Halás, Slovgeoterm, Bratislava, Slovakia
14:15 – 14:30 Geothermal District Heating Systems in Turkey – A wide and Economical Use of Geothermal Energy, Orhan Mertoglu, TGA, Ankara, Turkey (TBC)
14:30 – 14:45 Kalpeida Geothermal District Heating,, Felikas Zinevicius, LGA, Vilnus, Lithuania (TBC)
14:45 – 15:00 Geothermal District Heating System in Zakopane - A New and
Environmentaly Benign Solution for a Tourist Center, Beata Kepinska, PAS, Zakopane, Poland (TBC)
15:00 – 15:15 New Wide Development of Geothermal Power Production in Turkey,
Sakir Simsek, Hacetepe University, Ankara, Turkey
15:15 – 15:30 Questions and Dicussion
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
Session 3 - POSSIBILITIES OF WIDER INTRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Kiril Popovski, MAGA, Macedonia
16:00 – 16:30 Agricultural and Industrial Uses of Geothermal Energy in Europe, Kiril Popovski
16:30 – 16:45 Acceleration of geothermal utilization in Hungary, Gabor Szita, HGA,
Szeged, Hungary
16:45 – 17:00 Industrial Uses of Geothermal Energy in Central European Region, Sanja Popovska Vasilevska, St. Kliment Ohridskji University, Bitola, Macedonia
17:00 – 17:15 Italian Experience with Geothermal Energy Use in Agriculture, Carlo Alberto Campiotti, ENEA, Cassacia, Italy (TBC)
17:15 – 17:30 Greek Experience with Geothermal Energy Use in Agriculture and
Food Processing Industry, Nikos Andritsos, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (TBC)
17:30 – 17:45 Questions and Discussion
Wednessday, May 27, 2009
Session 4 - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY USE IN SPA AND BALNEOLOGICAL CENTRES IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: John Lund, ORT, U.S.A.
09:00 – 09:30 Balneological Use of Thermal Waters Including Design
Considerations, John Lund, ORT
09:30 - 09:45 Natural Curative Waters of Slovakia in Spa, Jarmila Božíková,
Ministry of Health of Slovak republic, Bratislava, Slovakia
09:45 – 10:00 Utilization of geothermal energy for pools management, Filip Stefanicka
, Jan Takacs, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
10:00 – 10:30 Papers of Participants
10:30 – 11:00 Questions and Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
Session 5 - CO-GENERATION PROJECTS GEOTHERMAL PROJECTS IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER RES OR FOSSIL FUELS
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Marija Todorovic, BU, Serbia
11:30 – 12:00 Successful composition of a Co-Generation Projects, Marija
Todorovic, BU, Serbia
12:00 – 12:15 Geothermal Field in Dojran, Macedonia, Perspective Energy Source
for Local Economy Development, Eftim Micevski, Geofluid, Skopje,
Macedonia
12:15 – 12:30 Conception of proposition of using of geothermal energy in geothermal
energy system from energy point of view, Jan Takacs, Slovak
University of Technology in Bratislava
12.30 – 12.45 2005-2008 update report on the direct use and possibility of geothermal
energy for electric power generation in Hungary, Miklós Árpási
EU-Fire Ltd., Edit Unk, PYLON Ltd. Budapest
12.45 – 13.00 Questions and Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
Session 6 - GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS. A PROSPECTIVE DIRECTION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Burkhard Sanner, IGA ERB (TBC)
14:00 – 14.30 State-of-the-Art and Trends of Development of Geothermal Heat
Pumps in Europe, Burkhard Sanner, GtV, Germany
14:30 – 14:45 Questions and Discussion
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break
Session 7 - GEOTHERMAL LEGISLATION: ORGANIZING GOOD LEGAL AND
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Roisin Goodman, SLR Consulting, Ireland
15:15 – 15:45 Geothermal Legislation in Europe, Roisin Goodman, SLR Consulting, Ireland
15:45 – 16:15 Papers of participants
16:15 – 16:30 Questions and Discussion
Session 8 - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESOURCE IN SLOVAKIA –
PROSPECTIVE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT
Convener and Keynote Speaker: Andrea Vranovska
16:30 – 17:00 Geothermal Wells Location in Slovakia, Ondrej Franko, Andrea
Vranovska, Miroslav Kral, Water Research Institute, Bratislava and
Geothermex, ltd., Pezinok, Slovakia
17:00 – 17:15 Geological investigation and exploration of geothermal energy in
Slovakia, Miroslav Bim, Peter Hanas, Anton Remsik, ,Ministry of
Environment of Slovak Republic and State Geological Institute of
Dionyz Stur
17:15 – 17:30 New results of Regional Hydrogeothermal Evaluation of Slovakia,
Anton Remšík, Marian Fendek, Igor Bajo, Daniel Marcin
17:30 – 17:45 Dependence of geothermal water qualitative parameters on the well
yield in the central depression of the Danube Basin, Marián Fendek,
Miroslav Babjak, Miriam Fendeková
17:45 - 18:00 Questions and Discussion
19:00 - 22:00 Welcome Reception
Thursday, May 28, 2009
International Course and EGEC Business Seminar on ORGANIZATION OF A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTHERMAL PROJECT
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Burkhard Sanner, EGEC, Brussels.
09:00 – 09:15 Opening the course
19:15 – 09:45 Obtaining Access and Regulatory Approval, Roisin
09:45 – 10:15 Exploration, Ruggero Bertani, ENEL, Italy
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15 Finance Construction, Gerhard Sabathiel, SAM, Vienna
11:15 – 11:45 Well Drilling, Pierre Ungemach, Geoproduction Cons., Paris, France
11:45 - 12:15 Well Field Development, Miklos Antics, Geoproduction Cons., Paris,
France
12:15 – 12:45 Power Plant Project Design and Facility Construction, Mario Gaia,
Turboden, Italy (TBC)
12:45 – 13:15 Direct Use Project Design and Facility Construction, John Lund, OIT,
Klamath Falls, U.S.A.
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 Design of Ground Heat Pump Systems, Burkhard Sanner, GtV,
Germany
14:30 – 15:00 Revenue Generation, EGEC delegate (TBP)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 Co-Production and Co-Generation, EGEC delegate (TBP)
16:00 – 16:30 Final Economical Considerations, Kiril Popovski, MAGA, Skopje,
Macedonia
16:30 – 17:00 Questions and Discussion
CLOSING THE CONFERENCE
Convenor and Keynote Speaker: Vilam Visacky (TBC)
17:30 – 17:45 Summary on Geothermal Energy Resources and Development
in Central European Region (TBP)
17:45 – 18:00 Conclusions and Recommendations of the Conference
18:00 – 18:10 Closing the Conference
Friday, May 29, 2009
09:00 – 14:00 Technical Excursion to Geothermal Sites and Projects in Central
Slovakia
TECHNICAL EXCURSION
PLACE OF INVESTMENT Slovakia - City of Galanta INSTALLED CAPACITY (KW/MW) 8 MWth (Geothermal heating plant) PROJECT COST (GROSS, IN EURO) EUR 2 760 000
PROJECT TYPE Communal NUMBER OF USERS OF GENERATED ENERGY 1 300 dwellings, municipal hospital with health care facility, schools, kindergartens, house for
pensioners, stores TYPE OF ENERGY RESOURCE REPLACED Natural gas, coal
START OF OPERATION 1996 FINANCIAL SOURCES Long-term loan from Nordic Investment Bank Helsinki (NIB) OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE Galantaterm s. r. o. (Ltd.)
INVESTOR Galantaterm s. r. o. (Ltd.)
THE PROJECT
There are two active geothermal wells belonging to the wells of the reservoir of Podunajská panva (basin), located in the city of Galanta. They were established in 1983 and 1984 with the aim to be the source of heat and domestic hot water for 1 236 dwellings in the residential district Galanta Sever (North), a hospital and other municipal buildings including schools, kindergartens, house for pensioners and stores. However, due to lack of funds this goal could only be accomplished after the political and social change.
Galantaterm Ltd. was established in 1995 and started its operation in 1996. The major owner of the company is the Galanta municipality; other shareholders are Slovensky´ plynárensky´ priemysel a. s. (joint stock company), Orkuveita Reykjavíkur from (Iceland), Nordic Environment Finance Corporation from Helsinki (Finland) and Slovgeoterm a. s. (joint stock company). Nonfinancial contributions made by the Galanta municipality to the company were both wells and a gas boiler room that serves for the dwelling district Sever (North).
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
The largest portion of investment costs was covered by a longterm loan from Nordic Investment Bank Helsinki (NIB). The loan was received by the intermediary of Slovensk˘ plynárensk˘ priemysel joint stock company and a state guarantee for loans has been provided. The term of loan maturity is 10 years since the year 2000 (20 instalments). Total investment costs reached 105 mln SKK (2 756 122.50 £, 1£ = 38 097 as at 2nd August 2006). The estimated payback time is 7 years (according to cash-flow calculations).
On the basis of a resolution from December 2nd 2006, the maximum heat price for the Galantaterm joint stock company for 2006 was set by the Regulatory Office of the Network Industries at 419.50 SKK/GJ + VAT 19%.
SOCIAL EFFECTS
In connection with the implementation of the project on geothermal energy use in Galanta city, some boiler rooms firing fossil fuels (mainly coal) were shut-down and consequently some less qualified working places also shut-down. But due to putting into operation a new, sophisticated and sustainable device, new highly qualified jobs were created. The public is regularly informed about the project through local and regional printed and electronic media. Representatives of Galantaterm company present the project of geothermal energy use in the city of Galanta at expert workshops and conferences.
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Partners of the project annually receive an „Environmental report”.
ENVIROMENTAL EFFECTS
Geothermal waters in the city of Galanta contain different gases that are being degassed in separation tanks. These gases are analysed twice a year in a special laboratory in the Czech Republic. In 2005, the quantity of NOx emissions stemming from natural gas combustion was 0.9559 tons, that of SO2 emissions was 0.0052 tons and the amount of dust particles was 0.0435 tons. Total CO2 emissions due to natural gas combustion were 1013.5 tons in 2005 and the total CO2 emissions stemming from
geothermal waters were 8.23 tons per annum. Total emission of CO2 from the main activity of Galantaterm Ltd. (with the exception of fuels for transport) was 1 021.73 tons in 2005.
Compared with the position if Galantaterm used only natural gas for heating properties and no geothermal energy, the emissions of CO2 would be on average 5 500 t/y higher. Galantaterm Ltd. is paying attention to lowering the temperature of discharged geothermal water and is making efforts to gain other customers for whom the temperature of discharged water is convenient (e. g. swimming pools). The company also carefully monitors the composition of sewage water in order to prevent damage to the aquatic ecosystem of Váh river.
DIFFICULTIES, PROBLEMS
The only problems within the frame of the project are related to economics, but were not caused by inaccurate assessments and calculations during the preparation phase. The problem is the inability of St. Lucas hospital - the largest consumer of heat and domestic hot water - to pay its usage. The hospital with health care facility regularly owes huge sums to Galantaterm Ltd. As a consequence of this, Galantaterm is not able to fulfil its own liabilities which resulted from its long-term loan contract and this can have a negative impact on the company, due mainly to penalties imposed by its creditors.
FOLLOW UP
In 2005 Galantaterm Ltd. has begun to research possibilities for an increase in heat production, an expansion of its activities and a more effective utilization of the source of geothermal energy. Currently the preparations for the connection of Galantaterm's heating system with the boiler-room of Bysprav Ltd. are being executed. At the present time, Galantaterm company is also preparing a project of extension of waste thermal water use for energy purposes in a recreational area with year-long service, mainly for the heating of water in swimming-pools by means of heat exchangers. All these
projects are in their preparatory phase; their economic and environmental effect should be visible in a rather short time period.
SECRETARIAT OF THE CONFERENCE:
Water Research Institute
Nábr. arm. gen. L. Svobodu 5
812 49 Bratislava
Phone: 00421 2 59 343 358
Fax: 00421 2 54 416 334
E-mail: vidova@vuvh.sk
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